1. Valerie Jones-Washington
Susan Rexroad

2. “Learning cannot proceed without
exposure and practice….. The more
exposure and practice, the more
proficient the learner will become.…
practice in the target is a necessary
condition of second language
learning.”, Bernard Spolsky, Professor Emeritus
Linguistics and English, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, language
learning researcher and author

3. Must use language
to learn language.

4.  Limited
classroom speaking
opportunities
 Language Ego
 Willingness
to take “risks” and
communicate

5.  Exercisespromote speaking
outside the classroom
 Technology provides an
opportunity
 Class Audio Blog (Voice Boards)
 Introduce in stages

6.  Intermediate & advance students
 Post podcasts to class blog site (space
considerations)
 Comment on blogs (text only based on
platform)
 Ground rules - promote positive as well as
identify form errors
 In-class practice “basic skills such as
pronunciation and intonation” &
interviewing

7.  Easy to more challenging
- Means of developing language ego
 Exercise phases:
- Introductory
- Intermediate
- Advanced

8.  Introductory: Students respond to assigned
topics
 Intermediate: Interview classmates
 Advanced:
- Interview target language speakers
- Group Production, mix first languages

9.  Favorite movie
 Favorite food
 Experiences speaking English
 Current events
 Topics from text

10.  Michigan State University,
ESL Student Publications, ESL musings,
Scott Duarte, ESL Instructor
http://www.eslstudentpublications.com/2009/08

11.  Increases confidence, strengthens language
ego
 Provides feedback to teacher
 Receive feedback from teacher & students
 Increase speaking opportunities
 “Privacy” less stressful for “timid” speakers
 Practice speaking with target language
speakers
 Improve listening skills

12.  Limited research
 Requires a mic & computer or handheld
recorder
 Students may not know what to talk about
 Recording self can feel “artificial”
- An Anthropological Introduction to
YouTube
 Can lack “spontaneity” – spontaneity in
production

13.  Communications classes
 Public relations
 Marketing
 English
 Technology
 Distance learning
 Learning disabled

14.  Uploading recorded podcasts or audio logs using
onMason
- onMason supports the creation of podcast
streams thru
 iTunes
 Skydrive.live.com or drop.io (both services
will supply you with a URL to access your
media.
 onMason’s Media Library
 Inserting the media directly into your
onMason post
NOTE: USING onMASON TO HOST MEDIA YOU ARE ALLOTTED LIMITED SPACE (150mb),
BUT CAN REQUEST MORE.

15.  Use a voice recorder to record your
voice, later converting it into a wav file onto
the computer with a separate program
 Download and install Audacity or Praat
(which are both free software programs that
record voices)
- Record your voice directly onto the computer
using a plugin microphone or your computer’s
built in microphone
- Enter a file name and save sound file you have
recorded as a wav file on your computer
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
http://.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/

16.  onMason site Add Media by uploading wav
file directly into post
 Activate a plugin (via the plugin panel, link is
on the left of your dashboard) called
podPress.
NOTE: THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO GET MEDIA OFF YOUR PHONE, BUT IT REALLY DEPENDS
ON YOUR PHONE.

17.  http://valeriesworld.onmason.com

18.  Wimba – is the leading provider of
collaborative learning software application
and services to the education industry
- Collaborative Features: Podcaster, Voice
Presentation, Voice Discussion Board, Voice Email
- Collaborative Uses: Add instructor’s voice to
enhance presence, sends voice comments on
assignments, teaches pronunciation, rhythm,
stress, and emphasis, and allows users to engage
in audio-based threaded discussions
http://www.wimba.com

19.  Boston College
 Stony Brook
 University of North Carolina
 St. John’s University
 Auburn University
 Drexel University

20.  Brown, D. H., (2007).Teaching by principles an interactive approach to language
pedagogy (3rd ed.), White Plains, NY: Pearson Education.
 Ho, Y. (July 2003). Audiotaped dialogue journals: an alternative form of speaking
practice, ELT Journal, 57 (3), p. 269-277. Retrieved from
http://biblioteca.uqroo.mx/hemeroteca/elt_journal/2003/julio/570269.pdf
 Kukulska-Hulme, A. (2009) Will mobile learning change language learning?
ReCALL, 21(2), p. 157–165. Retrieved from
http://oro.open.ac.uk/16987/1/download.pdf
 Peirce, B.N. (spring 1995). Social Identity, investment, and language learning,
TESOL Quarterly, 29(2), p. 9-31. Retrieved from
http://www.lerc.educ.ubc.ca/fac/norton/TQ%20(1995)%20-
%20Social%20identity,%20investment,%20and%20language%20learning.pdf
 S. Durate (personal communication, March 16, 2010)
 Sun, Y. (June 2009). Voice blog: An exploratory study of language learning.
Language Learning & Technology, 13 (2), 88-103. Retrieved from
http://llt.msu.edu/vol13num2/sun.pdf